Fudgy Guiniess Brownies with Whiskey Caramel Glaze

Given my Irish roots, (my granddad James McCann was a full-blooded Irishman,) and the fact that my hubby has a fair amount of Irish blood as well, I couldn’t possibly let St. Patrick’s day go by without at least one themed treat. I’ll be in Paris on Sunday (omg) and won’t get to celebrate (which really only entails wearing green and eating some corned beef,) but eating these delicious brownies was good enough for me.

These brownies on their own don’t taste super boozy, and the addition of the stout really just adds a richness and depth of flavor. The caramel glaze brings a nice kick of whiskey, but that isn’t over-powering either, just a nice addition to the super chocolatey flavor from the brownies.

The texture of these brownies is to die for- they are super fudgy and almost truffle-like with a melt-in-your mouth quality that I love. The glaze is gooey and soft, with a rich caramel flavor. You know what I would do if I made these again? How about some salty pretzel bits on top? Given my sweet & salty obsession- I can’t believe I didn’t do that actually…. (some of my best ideas come to me at 1 AM while editing posts.)

PS- It is SO challenging for me to write posts more than a day in advance. I’m currently scheduling everything for my Europe trip, and there is a very good chance what I wrote will make no sense when you read it two weeks from now… :)

They look amazing, I think my boyfriend would like them for sure ;) Guinness, Whiskey, Chocolate and Caramel… oooh better don’t tell him :P And you are coming to Europe? Where are you going? Just for Holidays? :D

audra these look divine but do you think you could make them without the alchohol? would they still be yummy chewy? i love the idea of a salty caramel top to a fudgy brownie….thank you and happy belated birthday! just caught up on instagram and have a blast in europe!

Mmm these look delicious and I think the pretzels sound delicious on top too! I some have of my best ideas at the most random times as well, and I always schedule posts in advance and I double check them (most of the time) right before they go out to make sure what I wrote before is still relevant lol! Have a fabulous time in Paris!!

The brownies look delicious. I keep reading how Guiness intensifies the flavor of chocolate in things. I haven’t tried it yet but these brownies look irresistible! Travel safely and enjoy every second of your amazing trip to Paris!

uh, yeah- i ended up using a completely different caramel recipe (and just added the whiskey in slowly towards to end) and it turned out MUCH better, in that it turned out at all. i tried the recipe as it’s written not once, but TWICE and the caramel never turned out. your recipe is bunk. the measurements are either completely off or you left something out. and this is not a user error issue, believe me.

if you’re going to put recipes out there, please actually put the recipe you used and not some altered version of it because you don’t actually want to give the real one out. i felt like the measurements were off from the beginning but i tried it anyway, out of good faith. waste of time.

I’m so sorry you didn’t have luck with the caramel- I’ve made the recipe several times and it always works for me! (And I always publish the recipe as I made it) As I said in the post- the caramel does seize up when you add the liquids- but cooking it over low heat will melt the chunks and make it silky smooth.

I’ve had other readers have lots of success with it so I’m not sure what went wrong for you…

Recipe looks very good! I was searching for a whiskey glaze and this should work well. However, I have a question about the process. You miss telling us what to do with the caramel after it has cooled to warm. I’m assuming that you are to put it in with the powdered sugar once it cools, but the recipe doesn’t say that. Just wondering, don’t want to be wondering later what I’m supposed to do with it. Minor issue in some cases I know, but just wanted to ask. Can’t wait to try this out. Two of my favorite things, Guinness and whiskey!

Do you know if you could use just reticle whiskey, such as jack Daniels instead of purchasing scotch? I’m not sure if it would cook differently or if you just used scotch because that was your preference? Just want to see if the glaze would change if I used jack Daniels instead. Thanks so much!! Can’t wait to bake these.